{"product_id":"paradise-lost-a-biography-jacobs-hardcover","title":"Paradise Lost: A Biography (Jacobs - hardcover)","description":"\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAlan Jacobs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780691238579\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ehardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection: \u003c\/b\u003ePoetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComposed through dictation after Milton went blind in 1652, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e centers on an ancient biblical answer to the eternal question of how evil came into the world. It has proved impossible to disentangle the defense or critique of the poem from attitudes toward Christianity itself. Does Christian theology entail monarchy or democracy? Are relations between the sexes thwarted by pompous and tyrannical men or by vain and disobedient women? Jacobs traces how generations of readers have grappled with these and other questions, along the way revealing how Milton’s poem influenced novelists like Mary Shelley and Philip Pullman and has served as the inspiration for paintings, operas, comic books, and video games.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poetry","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47514826965216,"sku":"Books:9780691238579n","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/41j4vebna6L._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer.jpg?v=1750269915","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/paradise-lost-a-biography-jacobs-hardcover","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}